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My journey back to health has been interesting and diversified.
Just about four years ago I went through breast reconstruction in Vancouver. Six months after the reconstruction I underwent the first of what would be three breast reduction surgeries. I was also being followed by the hematology clinic in Vancouver, to keep an eye on what had become my new normal in very low platelets and blood counts. Several appointments and tests later, I was told
that I now had a condition that would eventually lead to the need of a bone
marrow transplant. I'd be very susceptible to infections and bla bla bla.
Everything in me screamed "NO!" After all the surgeries and medications and complications I had endured during my battle with cancer, I was
bound and determined that there was no way I was going to be sick or succumb to anything else. I'd been called a warrior, a trooper and a hero all throughout my varied treatments and knew at some deep level that my body just needed to r…